Twitter explains: “For everyone that wants to discuss the election on Twitter, the platform is introducing a special emoji. The emoji appears when using the hashtags #NigeriaDecides2019 and #NigeriaDecides. “The special emoji pictures a fingerprint in a square, reflecting the Nigerian fingerprint voting system, and it’s colour represents the green of the Nigerian national flag. “Thanks to the hashtags, it will be even easier to join the conversation on Twitter about the Nigerian elections. With this emoji, we want to help users engage in constructive civic conversation during this important time for Nigeria,” Sinead McSweeney said.

Source: Nigerian Tribune February 04, 2019 11:37 UTC